DeKalb County v. Brewer

Felton, Chief Judge.

1. It is the duty of county authorities under Code § 95-1001, to construct and maintain bridges across streams in a workmanlike and proper manner, so that any person may use them in safety, in ordinary travel, (County of Tattnall v. Newton, 112 Ga. 779, 38 SE 47; Stamps v. Newton County, 8 Ga. App. 229 (5), 68 SE 947), and “a traveler on the public highway, exercising due care, although he knows there is some danger in driving over a defective bridge, may recover for injuries thus sustained, unless the danger is obviously of such a character that driving over the bridge,…